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iraq forced my hand. i had to express these things that are monumental discovery is that i did not have images for. i had to find the language that the experience could be transferred through words. >> other ways had been cut off and so the letters were the one way you found it to do with? >> then my a voice demerged. even then i agonize over the right words and word placement. i knew it could be the wrong word. i would strive to find ways bridge that is exact. >> then i receive these from a complete stranger benjamin busch 2007 when the border was going on. they said appearing is a marine you can really write. you seem determined to refuse says the iraq war memoir. you did not read at and it is not announced but all those books, some are a good some are not. but they all have a similarity. baby your letters home in the beginning were you actively trying to tell your readers don't expect what you think? it did -- does not give you the simple gratification. >> it is not limited progression or linear narrat
iraq forced my hand. i had to express these things that are monumental discovery is that i did not have images for. i had to find the language that the experience could be transferred through words. >> other ways had been cut off and so the letters were the one way you found it to do with? >> then my a voice demerged. even then i agonize over the right words and word placement. i knew it could be the wrong word. i would strive to find ways bridge that is exact. >> then i...
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>> the family members said he is a former marine that had a difficult time after he came home from iraq. his father is homeless. >>> after a trooper clashd with jason james standing on the side of his vehicle on i 83 near the exit. the 30-year-old was hit by the side of a passing vehicle and had non life threatening injuries. >>> the driver did not stop at the scene. >> john young blood was found dead in aberdeen. the passersby had responded. the body was found in a bedroom. the man lived alone and no word on what started the fire. >> friends and family of martin luther king junior held a wake today. martin luther king the third went to the wreath laying and spoke to the ones that were there and talked about the memory and meses age and what it will mean to have this new em moral. >> i was not sure that we would be able to get it and the fact that we got here, it makes this very special for me and my home town. >>> tomorrow is kipping kink junior day, the federal holiday that marks the birthday of the slain leader. >>> and in the new opening, the search is on for more workers. as we sai
>> the family members said he is a former marine that had a difficult time after he came home from iraq. his father is homeless. >>> after a trooper clashd with jason james standing on the side of his vehicle on i 83 near the exit. the 30-year-old was hit by the side of a passing vehicle and had non life threatening injuries. >>> the driver did not stop at the scene. >> john young blood was found dead in aberdeen. the passersby had responded. the body was found in...
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i learned a lot about myself. >> host: you were iraq? >> 2004/2005. >> host: when you got back what was your life like? >> it is the lack of order and direction. as difficult as life can be it is incredibly simple. you know, what is expected of you. your job is in front of you. go do it. atoll there is free time bombarded with options, possibilities, stim uli, caller, it is overwhelming. the readjustment period is challenging. especially not knowing what i was supposed to do next. i knew i would get out when i got back. i did not know the next up. >> host: used our daybreak teeing a novel? how do get to it to somebody? >> i started working while i was the undergraduate and and had taken creative writing koses and mostly riding poetry at that time and ended up back graduate school at is university of texas and showed it to professors. they were encouraging and then one offered to send it to his agent on my behalf. >> host: based on your experiences? >> the circumstances that occur did not happen to me but the emotional core is what i want
i learned a lot about myself. >> host: you were iraq? >> 2004/2005. >> host: when you got back what was your life like? >> it is the lack of order and direction. as difficult as life can be it is incredibly simple. you know, what is expected of you. your job is in front of you. go do it. atoll there is free time bombarded with options, possibilities, stim uli, caller, it is overwhelming. the readjustment period is challenging. especially not knowing what i was supposed...
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adjustment to life upon his return from iraq next on booktv. this is just over an hour. >> thank you, all strands. thank you all so very much for coming out. to support independent bookstores and supportive books. i wrote a book, kind of shocked actually, but it is my great pleasure tonight, eight inches man in in the house, my editor, who was pivotal in keeping me under control as i try to craft perhaps the most unlikely structure to book in the history of writing where i attempted to replicate fairly closely the way we remember, which, of course, has no chronology. .. >> i am going to read a couple of small selections from my book, which will give you a look. i exist in this book is a messenger. it's not a portrait of me and my family, it's not a biography. it is a portrait of my perspective and what is most important. what is most important is the reader. hopefully what i have done will guide you into your own memory. this is a book of memory. the power of the child and the child's belief. and how that child actors and i live on jan -- how t
adjustment to life upon his return from iraq next on booktv. this is just over an hour. >> thank you, all strands. thank you all so very much for coming out. to support independent bookstores and supportive books. i wrote a book, kind of shocked actually, but it is my great pleasure tonight, eight inches man in in the house, my editor, who was pivotal in keeping me under control as i try to craft perhaps the most unlikely structure to book in the history of writing where i attempted to...
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years ago, ktvu visited with american service members in the persian gulf as they prepared for war with iraq. in the days before widespread internet, people were eager for news in home. >> reporter: on the persian gulf sit american warships and on warships is the mercy. its 900 crew members thinking about their mission here at home, perhaps about home. perhaps about when they will get to go home. when the helicopter launched out, people came out to look. as we wandered one of decks a week old newspaper was devoured by hungry checks. there's nothing to be had out here. this is what became of a package of christmas letters that a class of san francisco first greaters were sent with us. >>> what's the score? >> we have a 24. >> 34, huh. >>> on land, soldiers while away their days by playing cards or writing letters home. i love you mom. a sony walkman is a cherished possession here the music can take you away from this harsh a place where americans are wanted for their might and ridiculed for their morals. where a servicewoman can't walk down the street alone. >> you go downtown you have to be
years ago, ktvu visited with american service members in the persian gulf as they prepared for war with iraq. in the days before widespread internet, people were eager for news in home. >> reporter: on the persian gulf sit american warships and on warships is the mercy. its 900 crew members thinking about their mission here at home, perhaps about home. perhaps about when they will get to go home. when the helicopter launched out, people came out to look. as we wandered one of decks a week...
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he served three tours in iraq and just got back from afghanistan. his employers said he could more than handle security. he's optimistic this pledge will get a lot of veterans new careers. >> if they can hold up to their and of the deal and hire and train these individuals, that's the bottom line. if they're willing to hire us and train us, then i'm sure everybody will be happy. >> reporter: the agreement put together by the lieutenant governor goes into effect immediately. the care facilities around the state are looking at everything from nursing, administrative, billing and maintenance and veterans do need to apply. >>> all right. we have a shock study out. it says teenagers are clueless about pregnancy. what those with unintended pregnancy thought about their chances for getting pregnant. their answers will shock you. >>> how can you help make sure that your kids lose weight and eat healthy. a reward system could help as well. >>> out at bwi 38 tropical degrees. it was a cold january day. 42 was your two-degree guarantee. no winner today. we'll
he served three tours in iraq and just got back from afghanistan. his employers said he could more than handle security. he's optimistic this pledge will get a lot of veterans new careers. >> if they can hold up to their and of the deal and hire and train these individuals, that's the bottom line. if they're willing to hire us and train us, then i'm sure everybody will be happy. >> reporter: the agreement put together by the lieutenant governor goes into effect immediately. the care...
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such as the christians in iraq regard themselves as ethnically syrian. they speak air mayic. >> john, christian solidarity international, great to have you on the broadcast. >> thank you very much. >> christian solidarity international, we have compiled a list of others with links to their websites, you can find all of that at our page cwnews.org. >>> turning now to asia, a recent election in taiwan could mean greater onities to share the faith in mainland china. gary lane has the story. >> reporter: two issues dominanted the taiwan downturn. the president is promising to improve ties between the two nations. christian leaders see god's hand. >> every decision is from the lord. whether or not the party or candidates are elected. i am glad to see the democracy has matured. this is god's word. this is the process of democracy we are willingly accept the outcome. as christians we should continue to pray for taiwan. >> the pastor predicts it will be more active. >> from now on, ministers and churches from china will be visiting taiwan. churches will have clo
such as the christians in iraq regard themselves as ethnically syrian. they speak air mayic. >> john, christian solidarity international, great to have you on the broadcast. >> thank you very much. >> christian solidarity international, we have compiled a list of others with links to their websites, you can find all of that at our page cwnews.org. >>> turning now to asia, a recent election in taiwan could mean greater onities to share the faith in mainland china. gary...
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prepares to pull the strings of the syrian conflict by possibly arming the rebels iraq had its weapons and militants all ready for a prosecutor in puerto. banus police play into teachers and students angry that there's no heat in their classrooms thanks john sturdy parts as greeks progress through what they see their relationship you. under on this nuclear program must be charged at it with a military strike at least that's the reported view of israeli intelligence following a un inspection i failed to resolve the deadlock. relations between moscow and washington have seen their ups and downs in recent months to discuss the future of ties between the two nations r.t. caught up with the newly appointed u.s. ambassador to russia who presents his credentials to the president today. michael mcfaul a newly appointed yours and vassar to russia also a professor at stanford expert and political science who has said that he's or stay in russia start with the banks great to have you with us thanks for having me so i'm going to quote your recent tweet productive meetings with russian government o
prepares to pull the strings of the syrian conflict by possibly arming the rebels iraq had its weapons and militants all ready for a prosecutor in puerto. banus police play into teachers and students angry that there's no heat in their classrooms thanks john sturdy parts as greeks progress through what they see their relationship you. under on this nuclear program must be charged at it with a military strike at least that's the reported view of israeli intelligence following a un inspection i...
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his family says the 23-year-old came back from iraq a troubled man. he's being held under a 24-hour watch. >>> a disturbing odor results in a troubling discovery. dozens of dead animals are found inside the columbia home along with a few surviving ones. police are looking for the woman who lived there. >> reporter: neighbors broke out their cameras as police began pulling the bodies of 40 dead animals from inside this house in columbia. >> my wife was, she was going to throw up. she was disgusted. >> reporter: birds, rats, cats, guinea pigs. two cats, a bearded dragon lizard, and a gerbil were found alive but sick. >> rumors were they come at weird hours. >> reporter: the renters living there hadn't been seen in weeks. the property owners came to check on the house after getting complaints of a nasty spell. >> he walked in and walked right out. nobody could stay in long. the odor. >> reporter: right now, no one lives in the house to the left. in the house to the right, a neighbor has just moved in only a few weeks ago. she told me she did not notice a
his family says the 23-year-old came back from iraq a troubled man. he's being held under a 24-hour watch. >>> a disturbing odor results in a troubling discovery. dozens of dead animals are found inside the columbia home along with a few surviving ones. police are looking for the woman who lived there. >> reporter: neighbors broke out their cameras as police began pulling the bodies of 40 dead animals from inside this house in columbia. >> my wife was, she was going to...
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some of you fought recently in iraq or afghanistan. others are old enough to have marched by orders of franklin roosevelt. whatever your age, whether you are republican or democrat, whenever you served, there is one thing you have in common -- you answered the call of your country, in a time of war. whenever america has been tested, you stepped forward. you come from our farms, our great cities, our small towns and quiet neighborhoods. many of you have known of violence so that your neighbors could know peace. it is an honor to address you today. [applause] our veterans are part of a proud tradition that stretches back to the battlefield of lexington and concord. now to places like kandahar. our men and women have added proud achievements to their service and president obama appointed some of them yesterday in his speech. anytime our military accomplishes a vital mission, it is a proud moment for our nation. but we owe our veterans and military more than an accounting of our successes. they deserve a fair and frank assessment of the wh
some of you fought recently in iraq or afghanistan. others are old enough to have marched by orders of franklin roosevelt. whatever your age, whether you are republican or democrat, whenever you served, there is one thing you have in common -- you answered the call of your country, in a time of war. whenever america has been tested, you stepped forward. you come from our farms, our great cities, our small towns and quiet neighborhoods. many of you have known of violence so that your neighbors...
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iraq never had. a civil war in iraq never was never in a war for thirty years like afghanistan was there the post invasion. union has totally changed the landscape the political landscape and the ethnic lines last april of afghanistan. and the lessons learned from iraq is not going to apply to afghanistan people should really get down when there is no relevance whatsoever what afghanistan is going through right now. and of finally is there any chance that you think that a power handover could be delayed and how that would affect anti-american sentiment in the country. death is dead will be too late to be seen dead what one could take effect by dan on the other hand again i'm i'm stressing again dead if the policy of states and nato does not change that puts staff dance themselves in the driver's seat then things are going to be very hard right now america end of the policy makers in the beltway are the ones are making the decision how afghanistan should be around but the fact is that afghans should c
iraq never had. a civil war in iraq never was never in a war for thirty years like afghanistan was there the post invasion. union has totally changed the landscape the political landscape and the ethnic lines last april of afghanistan. and the lessons learned from iraq is not going to apply to afghanistan people should really get down when there is no relevance whatsoever what afghanistan is going through right now. and of finally is there any chance that you think that a power handover could...
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by the saudis for example to bring oil out through a pipeline through iraq which avoids going through the straits of hormuz always the thought we are shaping up for more and more confrontations over the next few months iran launched a long range missile. which have the capability of reaching us bases in the region and israel given it an actor sizes but how do you see this developing in terms of the challenges you were speaking about and progress. well it's obvious to be wrong on this testing these missiles because we may have to defend ourselves against. attack by israel or indeed by the united states this is a very dangerous situation when you have very highly armed u.s. ships in the gulf. military maneuvers between. between the u.s. and israel and there you have iran testing these missiles which can hit places in surrounding countries. this is dangerous situation which seems to me has been exacerbated by the imposition of sanctions i don't see the justification for the sanctions are right that the european union thinks it can dictate to countries in the middle east or elsewhere what
by the saudis for example to bring oil out through a pipeline through iraq which avoids going through the straits of hormuz always the thought we are shaping up for more and more confrontations over the next few months iran launched a long range missile. which have the capability of reaching us bases in the region and israel given it an actor sizes but how do you see this developing in terms of the challenges you were speaking about and progress. well it's obvious to be wrong on this testing...
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potentially could be iran is a larger country than both iraq and afghanistan combined so if you're talking about a war that would certainly be on that scale where there would be ten times harder not quite as hard who knows but it would be a very substantial military commitment should the u.s. be concerned about iran's unconventional war capabilities i think the united states is definitely be concerned about iran's unconventional war capabilities by its nature it's harder to sort of define what unconventional war capabilities are i mean you can count airplanes you can count missiles unconventional it's a little harder to judge but iran has a robust capability for unconventional war they have special operations forces they have kind of services they have a variety of capabilities to conduct attacks without you know not in the sort of typical military way at the end of the day is this really just a problem for israel iran possible determination of acquiring nuclear weapons or is this a problem for the u.s. as well i think it's a problem for the entire world i mean certainly the you know the e
potentially could be iran is a larger country than both iraq and afghanistan combined so if you're talking about a war that would certainly be on that scale where there would be ten times harder not quite as hard who knows but it would be a very substantial military commitment should the u.s. be concerned about iran's unconventional war capabilities i think the united states is definitely be concerned about iran's unconventional war capabilities by its nature it's harder to sort of define what...
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inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart we have a tremendous a group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the best assets of the intelligence community and for by. david cheney is not going to be done with this for quite some time david kay wants more time and he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more six hundred million dollars to fund a continuing search we have not yet found shiny pointy things that i would call a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraq survey group complete its work. we were all wrong probably in my judgment. and that is most disturbing. sometimes the true patriot takes the unpopular course but helps the country of wooden stakes and even if they can't persuade these three try it patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels and i think these are scoundrels they have no argument now they have no defense for what they do the country is in the turbo international security situation but
inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart we have a tremendous a group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the best assets of the intelligence community and for by. david cheney is not going to be done with this for quite some time david kay wants more time and he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more six hundred million dollars to...
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that we could make iraq into little america. that, you know, ahanistan is a place where we could have elections. and i was in vietnam right after -- this takes this -- i'm taking too long. i'm branching out from your -- i'm going to do it, anyway, because i'm long winded. in, i think it was '65, '66, maybe, lindyndon johnson went i hawaii and said we're going to win the vietnam war with village elections. i asked, when in the middle of the iraq war, i was in a meeting where they sent somebody from the national security council to explain how we were going to win iraq war. i said, sounds like you have a plan, you're going to keep applying it until you find some place where it works. we ordered the government, we ordered them to have village elections. so they went. and our greatest allies in vietnam -- and i raise this question in an argument with frank who was a leading neocon -- is. i was at a -- our greatest allies were the montinyard tribesmen. not even vietnamese. their polynesians. nobody knows why they're even there. they'
that we could make iraq into little america. that, you know, ahanistan is a place where we could have elections. and i was in vietnam right after -- this takes this -- i'm taking too long. i'm branching out from your -- i'm going to do it, anyway, because i'm long winded. in, i think it was '65, '66, maybe, lindyndon johnson went i hawaii and said we're going to win the vietnam war with village elections. i asked, when in the middle of the iraq war, i was in a meeting where they sent somebody...
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millions of new jobs manufacturing back on track war in iraq over bin ladden gone barack obama set out his stall for reelection and using the annual state of the union address to do it details now the live from washington d.c. parties lucy catherine of lucy hi. lucy craft not good to see you know the speech was full of rhetoric we're listening in earlier on promising some big changes for the better for the american people can sum it all up for us. sure a very positive speech as you mentioned set against a very dire backdrop where a record forty six million americans are now receiving food assistance some thirteen million are out of work and millions more have abandoned on the job force all together but of course the president is as you mentioned launching his reelection campaign and talented resurgence of american manufacturing talked about the sort of the issue of fairness where every citizen will get their fair chance to live a good life to to pay their fair share including the wealthiest he sort of attack to the financial industry talking about how wall street will no longer be allo
millions of new jobs manufacturing back on track war in iraq over bin ladden gone barack obama set out his stall for reelection and using the annual state of the union address to do it details now the live from washington d.c. parties lucy catherine of lucy hi. lucy craft not good to see you know the speech was full of rhetoric we're listening in earlier on promising some big changes for the better for the american people can sum it all up for us. sure a very positive speech as you mentioned...
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iraq's next movie gets by the way chad can tell you he'll test the tough new warnings today. elsewhere make well kowtow is looking to achieve something that no other boxer has managed the puerto rican will become the first fighter to defeat floyd mayweather jr if he successfully defend his w b a light middleweight title in las vegas on saturday the thirty one year old has several things working in his favor going into the bout he has to manage peyton in forty two professional fights for the first time in five years mayweather is moving up in weight for the clash in addition we start a new ninety day jail sentence of them after violent shortly after the fight this culture is there still remains an outsized that. i trained for this by a train i'm a little in harmony and peace there in orlando and i'm coming here just to bring our group five hundred to victory i don't want to face no guy. that don't push floyd mayweather to the test i want to be pushed to the test saturday night i want to bring his best because that's the only thing anything that's going to do is escalate my fig
iraq's next movie gets by the way chad can tell you he'll test the tough new warnings today. elsewhere make well kowtow is looking to achieve something that no other boxer has managed the puerto rican will become the first fighter to defeat floyd mayweather jr if he successfully defend his w b a light middleweight title in las vegas on saturday the thirty one year old has several things working in his favor going into the bout he has to manage peyton in forty two professional fights for the...
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election year republican candidates are now battling one another for the opportunity to oppose for iraq obama come november however skeptics view both parties as more similar than different because we've seen military invasions corporate bailouts and breaks for the wealthiest under both democrats and republicans so how can a new political force start to grow in america if it's sort of that the same type of cycle every four years well that's the problem and it's gotten worse because after citizens united in two thousand and ten with the creation of these super pacs and obama broke a campaign promise by. reaching out to a super pac of his own i mean in a way he has no choice because this money rules and it has a pernicious effect not only on elections but on the process of legislation because if you are an elected official and you do anything. that angers corporate lobbyists and corporate power then you know that the weight of that super pac will sweep you out of office and not only that but that when you are under attack you won't have a super pac to appeal to so it is essentially destro
election year republican candidates are now battling one another for the opportunity to oppose for iraq obama come november however skeptics view both parties as more similar than different because we've seen military invasions corporate bailouts and breaks for the wealthiest under both democrats and republicans so how can a new political force start to grow in america if it's sort of that the same type of cycle every four years well that's the problem and it's gotten worse because after...
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warfare and the problem is is that the policies we've been following for so long in afghanistan and iraq is the belief that you can win hearts and minds with bombs and bullets you can't and the battle of the decade will be winning hearts and minds of making sure that we're building some trust in the world community to be destroyed by part of it by the belligerence and foolishness of our own military operations how do we then turn that around is there a political solution we try to build trust in which we know ourselves we try to convince the muslim community of the world who who instantly believe any fiction about western society who want to persecute them we've seen the riots that have taken place because of a foolish piece of film the soldier but the most. the muslims around the world are prepared to believe that because they've seen we have double standards we see them that we're not being fair in the israeli palestine situation and that we've got to be in and attack muslims in in iraq and afghanistan so of course they don't trust us you mention the riots that we're seeing because of
warfare and the problem is is that the policies we've been following for so long in afghanistan and iraq is the belief that you can win hearts and minds with bombs and bullets you can't and the battle of the decade will be winning hearts and minds of making sure that we're building some trust in the world community to be destroyed by part of it by the belligerence and foolishness of our own military operations how do we then turn that around is there a political solution we try to build trust...
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they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate iraq and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on this that's not presidential elections have any say in what's going on in will and what's going to happen with iran in terms of washington. i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards iran that by the way has been the case ever since the iranian revolution in iran has factored into american politics in this case the republican candidates are sort of baiting obama and suggesting that if obama is reelected we will have a nuclear iran someday soon well i might do something just to counter their statements because it's an election year i don't think so i think that it's not out of the question that obama could opportunistically up the ante or even escalate tensions or even allow some sort of limited military attack against iran in order to show how tough he is and how why he's not a
they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate iraq and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on this that's not presidential elections have any say in what's going on in will and what's going to happen with iran in terms of washington. i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards...
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cetera et cetera and if we can just put a giant footprint in the middle of iraq we've got it and you know arguably that was the the more reasonable rationalization for in that argument the other is mickey herskowitz the guy who was hired by george and barbara bush sr to write george bush's autobiography a charge to keep in one thousand nine hundred nine when he was making the decision to run for president and he wrote the first draft hundred hours of tapes of george w. bush and he's on the record as saying that in ninety nine george w. bush told him that when his father invaded iraq he failed because he didn't extend the war long enough if he'd extended it into the next election cycle he would have won and that if george w. bush became president he wasn't going to have a failed presidency like his father he was going to have a war in iraq against saddam hussein it was going to get him enough political capital that not only would he get reelected but that he could privatized social security and that's actually the sequence of events that he followed for years after mickey herskowitz c
cetera et cetera and if we can just put a giant footprint in the middle of iraq we've got it and you know arguably that was the the more reasonable rationalization for in that argument the other is mickey herskowitz the guy who was hired by george and barbara bush sr to write george bush's autobiography a charge to keep in one thousand nine hundred nine when he was making the decision to run for president and he wrote the first draft hundred hours of tapes of george w. bush and he's on the...
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rushers marriage up of all of the czech republic the two are currently in action in iraq heat of last year's wimbledon final the latest score there is two one two the czech player in the decider. side of the action will see the top four in the world playing in the semi's only one matches shadowed for thursday rafael nadal and roger federer will show up on court in several hours time world number one and defending champion novel jockey which plays on friday. going to football and in england liverpool have joined cardiff city in the carling cup final that's after drawing the second semi final leg with manchester city and advancing on aggregate city who lost the first like at the top by a single goal needed to get the better of the return fixture and a spectacular long range shot from nigel de young levelled matches just after thirty minutes of play struck back right away with steven gerrard converting at how to kick in the second half. put city in front once again the hosts were determined not to miss out on a first up from the parents in sixteen days greg bellamy to the equaliser to th
rushers marriage up of all of the czech republic the two are currently in action in iraq heat of last year's wimbledon final the latest score there is two one two the czech player in the decider. side of the action will see the top four in the world playing in the semi's only one matches shadowed for thursday rafael nadal and roger federer will show up on court in several hours time world number one and defending champion novel jockey which plays on friday. going to football and in england...
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dozens of killed and over a hundred injured in the latest spate of violence across iraq just one day after the ninth anniversary of the start of the u.s. led invasion. the head of a key arab league summit to be held in baghdad the country's first since the american troop withdrawal in december. and thousands of construction workers in the u.k. . after learning they were placed on a blacklist supported by the police and they believe they were singled out the whistleblowing about safety issues on buildings. syria escalating we sit down with the. countries of the un. any solution is anywhere near solving the crisis. joining our team for an exclusive sit down interview is syrian ambassador to the united nations dr bashar fahri and a sitter thank you very much for speaking with far today thank you for having me with your father thank you the united nations estimates that more than eight thousand people have been killed since the anti-government uprisings began in syria year ago my question for you how long can the violence and bloodshed continue whether it is one victim or it's oceans thi
dozens of killed and over a hundred injured in the latest spate of violence across iraq just one day after the ninth anniversary of the start of the u.s. led invasion. the head of a key arab league summit to be held in baghdad the country's first since the american troop withdrawal in december. and thousands of construction workers in the u.k. . after learning they were placed on a blacklist supported by the police and they believe they were singled out the whistleblowing about safety issues on...
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killed infrastructure destroyed by terror acts by just fighting in general it's not a country like iraq or i'll let me that has oil to rebuild itself if we ever see an end to this conflict who could possibly benefit from all this fighting obviously for both sides there it's a lose lose situation syria has some well but you're quite right it's not the amount which. will be sufficient to rebuild the whole country syria or the way whatever. can be said about the rule of assad family was a pretty decent economical and social way country in the arab world i visited damascus last february and. city produce a very good impression on me it was going to be rippin city was very open city open air city. very secular in style it is an islamic country but somehow the style of living was very modern and you could see women sitting. with husbands in a nice restaurant and. economically it was clear that was one of the points of attraction in this region so it's really a pity that a country that has been enjoying quite an important economic growth is being put into shambles and who will profit from the
killed infrastructure destroyed by terror acts by just fighting in general it's not a country like iraq or i'll let me that has oil to rebuild itself if we ever see an end to this conflict who could possibly benefit from all this fighting obviously for both sides there it's a lose lose situation syria has some well but you're quite right it's not the amount which. will be sufficient to rebuild the whole country syria or the way whatever. can be said about the rule of assad family was a pretty...
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it will show photos of service members killed in action in world war ii korea vietnam, iraq, and afghanistan. >> in the weather this weekend? >> just fine. today is the next chance of rain in the area. in rockville, this area is out on the campus of montgomery college. but you do not see any clouds, do you? absolutely spectacular day. sunshine and the average high still around 61. done to the 40's already. at st. mary's, 46 at the county airport. 49 in manassas. 51 in gaithersburg. 54 in the district. three degrees shy of the average and other below average days. that will change going through the weekend. cooler weather to the north and low to mid for the's in new england. -- low to mid 40's in new england. the temperatures of today, a high of 58 for us. those brave little below average, but just to the west, a few communities are hitting above-average temperatures. tomorrow, a few degrees above average. on sunday and monday, a few more. by the middle of next week, we will be back where we should be temperature-wise for the middle of november. high pressure really protecting this and lockin
it will show photos of service members killed in action in world war ii korea vietnam, iraq, and afghanistan. >> in the weather this weekend? >> just fine. today is the next chance of rain in the area. in rockville, this area is out on the campus of montgomery college. but you do not see any clouds, do you? absolutely spectacular day. sunshine and the average high still around 61. done to the 40's already. at st. mary's, 46 at the county airport. 49 in manassas. 51 in gaithersburg....
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i know there are problems with iraq because of the department of public works. -- with your marks because of the department of public works. i know that frank from the department of public works and also the mayor's office are here if there are questions about this project pierpont -- this project. and caltrain, most of the prop k funds go toward state repair. he might have -- you might have relied on caltrain to do glorious things like replacing light bulbs at the station. there are other things going on, particularly with the folks in district 10. the bridge and road replacement project has potential plans for future oakdale construction. grex this is the first of two bridges in the area -- >> this is the first of two bridges in the area. they're both about 100 years old and they both do need to be replaced. we have been holding public workshops and will continue to do so until we come back to the authority for potential policy decision in june regarding how that bridge should be replaced. we would be at the staff level compared -- preparing a connector road with that. the graphic on th
i know there are problems with iraq because of the department of public works. -- with your marks because of the department of public works. i know that frank from the department of public works and also the mayor's office are here if there are questions about this project pierpont -- this project. and caltrain, most of the prop k funds go toward state repair. he might have -- you might have relied on caltrain to do glorious things like replacing light bulbs at the station. there are other...
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prickly among israeli leaders and cause for a military strike on iran is israel planning to attack iraq they have no dog in the military are doing their planning but they continuously plan is there and if they are all there will be giving him no doubt that the military will be ready to strike if if it's all been given if it's a political decision i don't know but i would say the political decision is will depend on a number of. questions a number of developments and we are not yet there does israel have the capability to attack well again i'm not familiar with the details but i believe the dogs were in serious. the question is what of course and we expect we will destroy iraq to destroy iran's nuclear capabilities but the present both can be or should be delayed with something like the previous least which is very good and what about iran's ability to launch a counterattack i don't think it is going to be. a decisive kind of cult that will destroy israel will be no doubt the. painful but i think beyond what all the political consequences on israel if it decided to attack iran the conseq
prickly among israeli leaders and cause for a military strike on iran is israel planning to attack iraq they have no dog in the military are doing their planning but they continuously plan is there and if they are all there will be giving him no doubt that the military will be ready to strike if if it's all been given if it's a political decision i don't know but i would say the political decision is will depend on a number of. questions a number of developments and we are not yet there does...
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i was about 10 years old when the iran-iraq war started. and at a very young age i learned there is this other side of war that sort of no one talks about, and that is what women go through and what women live in war. and it was the women who ran the schools. it was the women who ran the factories. and it's women who keep life going in the midst war. >> mitchell: you're saying it's a story that is not told, generally speaking. >> it is not told and we are impacted by that when it comes to peace. peace means far more than ending fighting. it means how do we stabilize life again? how do we get life to normal again? let's talk about an an example-- afghanistan. the more we kill, the more their sons are angry. the more we recruit new level and new armies of taliban. and the way to win this war from a woman's perspective is get jobs. fix the roads. get electricity. more schools. >> mitchell: fresh out of college and deeply affected by the also of rape as a weapon of war in bosnia, she founded women for women international in 1993, training women
i was about 10 years old when the iran-iraq war started. and at a very young age i learned there is this other side of war that sort of no one talks about, and that is what women go through and what women live in war. and it was the women who ran the schools. it was the women who ran the factories. and it's women who keep life going in the midst war. >> mitchell: you're saying it's a story that is not told, generally speaking. >> it is not told and we are impacted by that when it...
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since you mention iraq what has changed in the media field in the u.s. since since iraq has something changed because i mean at that time as you said the media in general they they were basically cheerleading for war there was nobody to question nothing has really changed since then the real lessons have not been learned there is a lack of courage and a lack of intellect i believe in the american broadcast media let's say with the regards of the coverage of the arab spring i'm sure it is certainly watching what has been left out of the media attention what would you point out several things first of all the successful democracies evolve they cannot be created instantaneously overnight when authoritarian or to tell a tarion regimes disintegrate or for their needs to be a period of time even of a generation or more work people can have security of private property where people can get used to a relatively free market economy you would russia know this you are making excellent progress not the years in the one nine hundred ninety s. when i often visited you
since you mention iraq what has changed in the media field in the u.s. since since iraq has something changed because i mean at that time as you said the media in general they they were basically cheerleading for war there was nobody to question nothing has really changed since then the real lessons have not been learned there is a lack of courage and a lack of intellect i believe in the american broadcast media let's say with the regards of the coverage of the arab spring i'm sure it is...
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iraq obama is in thailand on his first official trip abroad since being reelected his three country tour of southeast asia as part of a shift in american foreign policy with a deeper commitment to a region that seeing growing chinese influence a bomber is due to travel to cambodia next and will then become the first ever u.s. president to visit me in. the historic first ever public vote in england and wales for local police commissioners took place this week hardly anyone turned up to the ballot boxes and recent polls of officers show morrall among the nation's law enforcers is at rock bottom laura smith reports. another day another demo and the police only with old hands to keep control but while the boys and girls in blue do their jobs sometimes and impossible conditions the government is reducing their budget by a massive twenty percent the net result more all in the force hits an all time low with just fifteen out of fourteen thousand officers saying they feel the government gives them a great deal of support rachel baines is surprised but not in a good way. to say those fifteen offi
iraq obama is in thailand on his first official trip abroad since being reelected his three country tour of southeast asia as part of a shift in american foreign policy with a deeper commitment to a region that seeing growing chinese influence a bomber is due to travel to cambodia next and will then become the first ever u.s. president to visit me in. the historic first ever public vote in england and wales for local police commissioners took place this week hardly anyone turned up to the...
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nation and they threw off those occupiers will be through you know much like you know the people in iraq or afghanistan are trying to get rid of us i think . we are not to the best of my knowledge right now occupied by a foreign nation we are occupied by us our government has nothing to do with whether you're occupied or not so. energy flows from god what people most people don't understand including people in the alleged sovereignty movement they don't understand that this is a spiritual concept this is not simply politics this is spiritual it's based on the idea what was i do think different alfredsson what would you make you different than from today's you know if a government if right now in the u.s. government recognition there's a case called chisholm versus georgia seven hundred ninety three the supreme court this is four years after the constitution was adopted seventeen years after the declaration of independence and i'm looking at it and i'm reading from it right now and it says in part they're talking about the situation in england and europe how it compared to it to a particu
nation and they threw off those occupiers will be through you know much like you know the people in iraq or afghanistan are trying to get rid of us i think . we are not to the best of my knowledge right now occupied by a foreign nation we are occupied by us our government has nothing to do with whether you're occupied or not so. energy flows from god what people most people don't understand including people in the alleged sovereignty movement they don't understand that this is a spiritual...
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it's the same reason it pavers iraq and. afghanistan and libya syria is a part of the effort to eliminate every independent arab government independent of u.s. control i think that's the goal that's not humanitarian response oh my god it's political i mean look what we did to poor egypt going back to you for actually measuring for the people for. four. brutal regimes. u.s. dominated over the decades you have faced a lot of criticism and have even been labeled by some as a traitor after providing legal defense to a controversial figure such as slobodan milosevic and saddam hussein you have described both of their trials as unfair and flawed and last year the world saw form former libyan leader moammar qaddafi murdered before receiving any trial could was to blame for that crime well don't want. the american people are to blame because they let their government good the american people though i mean this is the is the american government really acting on behalf of public opinion within the country i mean he would think that if
it's the same reason it pavers iraq and. afghanistan and libya syria is a part of the effort to eliminate every independent arab government independent of u.s. control i think that's the goal that's not humanitarian response oh my god it's political i mean look what we did to poor egypt going back to you for actually measuring for the people for. four. brutal regimes. u.s. dominated over the decades you have faced a lot of criticism and have even been labeled by some as a traitor after...
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need one billion dollars iraq first sale. profiteers. live. the great russian warriors. prevailing over hazards and asperity. to reenact an epic parade through paris. can they complete their triumph. with people's admiration for two hundred years. old goodloe pose. off to cool. parents versus social workers docu nabby labs dokic and me me that kidnapping children have become prizes to fight full why does the last threaten families of the social for it to see in the form of they have a right of will hold minimal faith in what they have any kind of for suspicion about the world morphing of your children are often a just better at bringing up kids than their own mom and dad and from what we have an industry that is so. concentrated on the other for trade with children.
need one billion dollars iraq first sale. profiteers. live. the great russian warriors. prevailing over hazards and asperity. to reenact an epic parade through paris. can they complete their triumph. with people's admiration for two hundred years. old goodloe pose. off to cool. parents versus social workers docu nabby labs dokic and me me that kidnapping children have become prizes to fight full why does the last threaten families of the social for it to see in the form of they have a right of...
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when we withdrew from iraq how do we do it we withdrew from iraq in the dead of night at a secret undisclosed date because we were afraid that we would be ambushed in the process how many friends exactly did we make in this war what kind of a stable democracy did we make in iraq you know iraq continues to teeter on the brink of a civil war it has certainly not become a staunch and reliable ally for the united states or for democracy or for women's rights for that matter the barrel of a gun has not been an effective diplomat and we need to heed that and take a lesson from it unfortunately president obama basically embraced george bush's you know militaristic approach to foreign policy on his third day in office he intensified the bombing. pakistan then went on to spread the drone wars into somalia and into yemen. he surged the troops into afghanistan we still have about twice as many troops as we had under george bush it has certainly not made afghanistan a safer more secure place we are not in a better position to you know withdraw now and declare victory than we were you know years ago you k
when we withdrew from iraq how do we do it we withdrew from iraq in the dead of night at a secret undisclosed date because we were afraid that we would be ambushed in the process how many friends exactly did we make in this war what kind of a stable democracy did we make in iraq you know iraq continues to teeter on the brink of a civil war it has certainly not become a staunch and reliable ally for the united states or for democracy or for women's rights for that matter the barrel of a gun has...